STAUNTON — Police in Staunton arrested five men, including a student from William & Mary, during a recent online sting operation targeting online sexual predators.

A group of officers from the Staunton Police Department spent the last two weeks conducting the sting operation by posting online ads and entering Internet chat rooms frequently visited by young teens.

Once online, the officers portrayed themselves as 13 and 14-year-old girls looking to meet older men.

One of the suspects, Joseph F. Corrigan, a 21-year-old William & Mary student from Vienna, was denied bond last week in Staunton Circuit Court.

At that hearing it was revealed the suspect recently entered the apartment of a female student while she was asleep in bed. According to testimony, Corrigan removed a sock from the woman's foot before she awoke and told him to leave.

Corrigan's father testified his son was diagnosed with pre-schizophrenia nearly two years ago, but said the diagnosis was changed to an undiagnosed mood disorder.

Corrigan was denied bond and is being held at Middle River Regional Jail. He is charged with solicitation of a minor and attempted indecent liberties with a minor after arriving in Staunton on March 9 hoping to meet with a fictitious teen, police said.

All of the suspects were arrested in Staunton after coming into the city hoping to meet a teenage girl, according to police.

The four other suspects arrested by police include two Grottoes men and two others from Virginia:

David A. Good Jr., 23, of Grottoes, is charged with two counts of soliciting a minor and two counts of attempted indecent liberties with a minor.

Michael B. Boupharak, 25, of Timberville, is charged with two counts of soliciting a minor and two counts of attempted indecent liberties with a minor.

Christopher B. Hughes, 24, of Ridgeway, is charged with solicitation of a minor and attempted indecent liberties with a minor.

Kevin W. Hitt, 30, of Grottoes, is charged with solicitation of a minor and attempted indecent liberties with a minor.